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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And if people choose to not pay to select their seats, too bad for them.  They get the leftover seats due to their choice.  No way will I give up my aisle seat for you.  For those split up due to canceled flights, address it at the gate before you board.  Only 1 parent needs to be with a young child -- 5 or younger.  Older children are fine by themselves.  But too often, I see entire families trying to switch people around to sit together and just no.  The attendants need to shut that crap down.[/quote]

5 is too young. Maybe 16.

14 year olds have been molested on planes.

Many teens end up needing help with something (iPad doesn’t work, motion sickness, someone else has the snacks). If families aren’t together you end up disrupting several rows of people just with kid wrangling. And what about in the event of an emergency, [b]the 7 year old is on their own to fend for themselves[/b]?

Minors should be placed with adults traveling together. [/quote]

Yes.[/quote]

No.  It needs to become a regulation that kids under a specific age have to be seated with an adult in their party.  That age should be the same as whatever would be considered an unaccompanied minor.[/quote]

It seems like this will end up being worse for families when they have to fly at the last minute or flights get cancelled/changed. They may have to wait days for an appropriate flight to open up[/quote]

Why do you think European airlines don’t have this problem? They are simply not allowed to separate families. So they move other passengers even if they have to refund a “seat selection” fee that many don’t even charge in the first place. It’s not that complicated.[/quote]

This- I lived in Germany for the last three years and traveled by plane at least monthly with my two young children. Never once paid to book seats in advance and never had a single issue with us all being automatically seated together. (Not to mention that the flights were all exponentially cheaper than most US domestic flights.) It really doesn’t need to be that hard. [/quote]

Oh gosh just to go off topic to say how envious I am because I LOVE flying Lufthansa with my kid whenever I can. Never a hassle about seats, cute kids meals and a flight attendant comes by with a basket of toys for them to choose from?!?! Truly they have earned thousands from me for being so civilized and it costs them nothing. [/quote]

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